Anatoly Stepanovich Lutikov was born in Leningrad, USSR. He was awarded the IM title in 1967 and the GM title in 1974. He finished 3rd in the USSR Championship 1968-69, 2nd after Boris Spassky at Wijk aan Zee 1967, 1st at Dubna 1971, 1st= at Leipzig 1973 and 1st at Albena 1976. He was Moldovan champion in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1977. Lutikov passed away in Tiraspol, Moldova in 1989.

His first major international tournament outside of the USSR was at Beverwijk 1967, where he finished second with a score of 10.5/15, only half a point behind Boris Spassky . This was a GM performance, but he was awarded the IM title as he came into the tournament as an untitled player.

He finally earned the GM title in 1974.

Notable successes were first at Dubna, 1971, equal first/second at Leipzig, 1973, and first at Albena, 1976.

Lutikov first qualified for the USSR Championship semifinal as early as 1951, but it was not until 1959 that he played in his first USSR Championship final (the first of six). His best result in these tournaments was third place in 1968/9.

Eric Schiller: <offramp> I agree, and BIDMONFA is the only resident of my ignore list. Stangely, (s)he/it seems to concentrate on our site, according to a google search.
Since Chessgames has profiles and photos, there is NEVER any reason to visit "his site" which just points back here.

The annoying thing is that searches that should bring folks here might instead turn up a link to his useless site, forcing them to waste time.

Certainly I consider the BIDMONFA site one of the least useful sites in the chess world, with absolutely no reason to justify its existence. And the spamming of links here is simply intolerable.

monopole2313: I've never seen a photograph of Lutikov (or of many other players featured here), so I appreaciate BIDMONFA's links. There was a game
Alburt-Lutikov which went 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 and was won by Lutikov. I'll post it if no one else does.

TheAlchemist: Apparently Lutikov and Korchnoi were big friends. They would often write down whole games without even playing, sometimes one would win, sometimes the other, depending on the situation. Once they "played" a game in the King's Gambit that attracted theoretical attention, even Svidler much later told Korchnoi how he could improve on Black's play, but Korchoi jokingly responded he "had" to lose.

parisattack: Lutikov played some interesting games. His Nimzovitch Defense to the KP was outstanding. He played the 1. e4, Nc6; 2. d4, d6; 3. Nf3, Bg4 variation well before Tony Miles popularized it. I'd like to see the Alburt-Lutikov Gunderdam Defense game if you're still around, monopole2313.

whiteshark: In his book, <The Reliable Past> Genna Sosonko quotes a Russian militia
report from the times that the Soviet Union still existed: <"Citizen <A.S. Lutikov> in a
state of extreme alcoholic intoxication was found dragging on his back another
citizen, who was later found to be M.N. Tal.">

whiteshark: In a book review of Genna Sosonko's <The Reliable Past> I found some more stuff about Lutikov:

The best players of course live a good life, but professionals like e.g. <Anatoly Lutikov <(Luka)>> has a very tough life and their difficulties increases with age. Take a look at this excerpt from the portrait of <Luka>:

"Colleagues, friends, drinking companions. Lengthy drinking sessions. Merriment, exchanges of views, and conversations, the content of which was impossible to remember on the following murky morning. He possessed a rare constitution, and in his younger days he could calmly down a litre of vodka in an evening, or perhaps even more. In such a state he would become heavy, and the evening could end anywhere and at any unearthly hour. An extract from the militia records of those years. 'Citizen A.S. Lutikov in a state of extreme alcoholic intoxication was found dragging on his bag another citizen, who later was found to be M.N. Tal.'.....

..... The last period of his life was a difficult one. Deficiencies, camouflaged in youth by optimism and energy, become more evident in old age. In his case this occurred on the background of a severe, debilitating illness: the sugar content in his blood exceeded all permissible levels. He could no longer drink: his head would begin to swim after the first glass. He could no longer concentrate at the board, and his hands, which previously used to choose the required squares for his pieces, would now dispatch them into premature, cavalier attacks, easily parried by his opponents. Lutikov's attacks on the chess board began more to resemble ventures, the victim of which he became himself."

Alphastar: I don't understand all the fuss about BIDMONFA. There are loads of player pages on chessgames.com where there is no picture, however BIDMONFA's link does provide one. He usually also provides extra information like tournament wins.

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